'87 5kCSQ: Now it's the radiator neck problem:-(

[Larry C Leung]

The Modine is brass. The Valeo is Aluminum with plastic tanks. 

Since  my original Valeo went 165 k miles before it started to leak, I
went with that, figured it'd save weight (the Valeo weighs noticably less
than the brass radiator of my 4KQ). If the used one posted recently is
still availible, I'd go for it. It was a good price. Otherwise, the
decision has advantages either way. 

HTH,

LL- NY

On Fri, 20 Apr 2001 16:22:01 -0700 (PDT) Sheffield Corey
<shefs_audi at yahoo.com> writes:
>Howdy fellow Audinauts,
>
>Well, this must be the year that all the things that
>I've read about over the years effecting the rest of
>you and your type 44's will land on my head. I've been
>too lucky too long. First it was the dragging brakes;
>a new master cylinder yesterday seems to have fixed
>that. I was lucky; 20% of the time it is the expensive
>servo between the firewall and the master cylinder.
>And then the alternator went "flakey" on me; a used
>one from Chris at Force 5 seems to have fixed that.
>This afternoon as I'm driving along thinkin' how great
>it is to have my Audi functional again the temp.
>warning light comes on. "What can this be?", thinks I.
>Well, I'm 1/4 mile from my destination so I keep going
>pull in, open the hood and here's my upper radiator
>hose danglin' in space. I still had an inch of plastic
>pipe leaving the side tank so I didn't realize it had
>broken until I looked into the hose and saw another
>3/4" of pipe in there. I've read about this happening
>to many of you over the years, but why me!!! 
>
>So my options are glue the thing back together with a
>sleeve over the break(cheap). See if Duane Hale still
>has his year old Modine for sale that he advertised
>earlier($100.00 +shipping) Look into these Discount
>Radiator people I saw mentioned in the
>archives($124.00 +shipping). Are the Modines copper or
>aluminum and what is considered the "way to go" these
>days?
>
>TIA and may your weekend not be weak on either end,
>
>Shef
> 
>
>=====
>Sheffield Corey
>Wickford, Rhode Island U.S.A.
>'87 5KCSTQ
>'87 XL600R
>'66 Corvette Coupe
>Quattro: The way to GO! when conditions say: "NO!!!"
>But as a wise fellow once said: "4x0=2x0".
>
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